WUBRG Karn by Rac102391

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color artifact midrange and combo engine commanded by Karn, Gilded Guardian. The strategy leverages dense low-cost artifact mana, artifact lands, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector to accelerate into massive board presence. Commander Karn provides explosive burst card draw by scaling with the colors of artifacts under your control, especially when supported by cards like Leyline of the Guildpact or multicolor artifacts. The deck transitions into a lethal win state around Turn 5 through multiple convergent routes: a storm-style card draw loop with Mystic Forge and Sensei's Divining Top ending in Walking Ballista, an overwhelming token swarm fueled by Simulacrum Synthesizer and Urza, Lord High Artificer, or direct combat overruns with Craterclaw Colossus and Cyberdrive Awakener. Mass recursion spells such as Wake the Past ensure strong late-game resiliency against opposing board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Breya, Etherium Shaper
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pinnacle Emissary
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Transguild Courier
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman